Table 1

Characteristics of patients in the pilot and Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS) data

Pilot data

OMHRS data

Characteristics

N

%

N

%

Age categories

Under 25

220

21%

4085

12%

25-44

365

35%

14190

41%

45-64

332

31%

11775

34%

65+

139

13%

4725

13%

Gender(male)

540

51%

17349

50%

Marital Status

Never Married

404

38%

16563

48%

Married

253

24%

8941

26%

Partner/significant other

56

5%

1126

3%

Widowed

64

6%

1922

6%

Separated

129

12%

2772

8%

Divorced

141

13%

3464

10%

Education

None

129

12%

1304

4

8th grade or less

62

6%

2369

7

9 – 11

181

17%

6856

20

High school

226

21%

8360

24

Technical/trade school

43

4%

1047

3

Some college/university

162

15%

5975

17

Diploma/Bachelor’s degree

105

10%

3688

11

Graduate degree

31

3%

965

3

Unknown

117

11%

4224

12

Involuntary admission status

296

28%

8772

25%

Patient type:

Acute

764

72%

27627

79%

Longer term

191

18%

4482

13%

Geriatric

80

8%

1527

4%

Forensic

21

2%

1152

3%

Provisional DSM-IV diagnoses:ˆ

Dementia1

130

12%

2353

7%

Mood disorder

570

54%

17884

51%

Psychoses2

415

39%

13058

37%

Substance-related disorder

225

21%

8634

25%

Note: ˆ indicates that the percentage of persons with provisional psychiatric diagnoses
may sum to greater than 100% as persons can have more than one diagnosis. 1Delirium, dementia, and amnestic and other cognitive disorders; 2Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.